Langres had shown more energy; several and often successful attacks on small outpost companies and etappen troops had been made from it from time to time. General Hann von Weyhern's purpose of attacking Dijon from the south had to be abandoned, because the bridge over the Saone at St. Jean de Losne had been destroyed. He therefore on the 29th crossed the river at Apremont, and on the 31st assembled his detachments at Arc sur Tille. Here again General Bordone, the Chief of the general staff of the Army of the Vosges, vainly insisted that an armistice was in force. On the 31st General von Kettler marched with an advanced guard on Varois. To cut off the enemy's communications with Auxonne a left-flank detachment made itself master of the bridge over the Ouche at Fauverney. The first shells drove the French back on their intrenched position on the line St. Apollinaire--Mirande. When the attempt to establish an armistice failed, General Bordone determined to evacuate Dijon in the course of the night and retire upon assured neutral ground. Thus, on February 1st, the head of the advanced guard found the position in front of the city abandoned, and General von Kettler marched in without encountering any opposition, just as the last train of French troops moved out of the railway-station. Sombernon and Nuits were also occupied on the 2nd. OCCUPATION OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE DOUBS, JURA, AND COTE D'OR. Nothing now remained for General von Manteuffel but to establish the military occupation of the three Departments which he had won, and to guard them from without.